Recent content by kevinhooke

Good to know, thanks. Out of interest I looked on Airmap to see if the EBRPD areas are marked as restricted areas and unfortunately they are not.

Which park was this, just for future reference (and benefit of others)?

This is a great tip!

If you're flying over things that are illuminated then it's an interesting point of view from above, but if not and everything is in the dark, yes I agree, then there's not much point.

I've flown fixed wing RC planes for a number of years, most recently 3d park fliers. I understand exactly where you're coming from, with these if you take your eyes off the plane for a split second when you look up you're either in a tree or you've hit the ground :( As a new drone pilot, my...

Sad to hear of OPs loss, but plenty for the rest of us to learn from the stories in these similar threads. Hope the OP either manages to find it, or gets a new one and continues to enjoy the hobby (in less strong winds!)

I lost signal for a couple of seconds for the first time at the weekend, I lost and regained signal on and off a few times (screen goes grey) until I got it closer and regained a good signal. It's a heartstopping moment the first time. I haven't lost signal for long enough yet that it...

I'm confused too, I'm sure I read on the faa.gov/uas site about not flying 30 mins after sunset (civil twilight) at least 2 or 3 weeks ago (I'm a new Mavic Air owner so read through all the rules only a couple of weeks back), but I just went back to the site to find where I read that, and now...